Product Description

You don't have to "go Amish" to make their practical and peaceful way of life your own! Reflecting on themes of simplicity, time, community, forgiveness, and God's sovereignty, Fisher uses real-life stories, Amish proverbs, interesting facts, thought-provoking questions, and action ideas to show you how to bring lasting harmony to your life---every day. 208 pages, softcover from Revell.

Publisher's Description

Of all the gifts that Jesus left us, his peace is most elusive. We long for it in our homes, in our relationships, in our life situations. One place we can look and see "living peace" is in the lives of the Amish. But you don't have to become Amish to bring these simple, practical ways of living into your own life--and make personal peace a reality.

Organized around five central themes in Amish life, each section will include real-life stories, callouts of Amish proverbs, and interesting facts about Amish communities. Each section will also contain questions for reflection and action--things you can do in your own life that "make for peace."

Author Bio

Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling author of The Letters, The Calling, the Lancaster County Secrets series, and the Stoney Ridge Seasons series, as well as nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace. She is also the coauthor of an Amish children's series, The Adventures of Lily Lapp. Suzanne is a Carol Award winner for The Search, a Carol Award finalist for The Choice, and a Christy Award finalist for The Waiting. She is also a columnist for Christian Post and Cooking & Such magazines. She lives in California. Learn more at www.suzannewoodsfisher.com and connect with Suzanne on Twitter @suzannewfisher.

This book will rock your socks in the best spiritual way! seriously. Challenging this pastor's wife big time. Loving it though! Loving how God is using the Amish to inspire me to live more like Christ in this pleasure seeking world. read it.

Love this book so much, that as a Pastor's Wife in charge of the Women's Group, I'm taking all of our ladies through this book. Each month on the 4th Saturday, we meed @ a breakfast place, & go through another chapters notes and Bible study together. Becoming challenged on ways to simplify in this present chaotic economy, is sorely needed. It re-teaches you to "stop and smell the roses," inbetween honest encouragements to remember what things in life are the most important. It is engaging, interesting with many little known facts about the Amish, while challenging even me, who has read as many books through the years than stars in the sky. :-) It is uplifting, filled with peace, & as nourishing as chicken soup for the soul. ;-) It gets women to share, heart to heart. :-)

This book was a wonderful surprise! I purchased it out of curiosity, and I'm so glad I did. I have read it through four times, and have loaned it to others to read. Not only does the book give a look into the life of the Old Order Amish, but it challenges the reader to glean from them principles that can be applied and lived out regardless of one's cultural surroundings. Well written and easy to read, it is one of my favorites of all time.

I loved this book. Quick read but each chapter was different so you can put it down if you have to and not miss anything, or catch up when you pick it up again. :) I passed it on to my Pastor because the examples in this book is how I would like to live my life.

Author/Artist Review

Tell us a little about yourself. I am a wife to Steve, a corporate guy, and a mom to four kidstwo boys and two girls. Add to that one son-in-law! Im almost at the empty nest stage my youngest is a senior in high school. And yes, I have mixed feelings about an empty nest! How did it happen so quickly?

Gardening and cooking are two of my favorite hobbies but the top of my list is raising puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind. My youngest son talked me into this activity after we returned from living in Hong Kong for four yearshe wanted a dog and my husband is not a dog-guy. So my son found a compromise a temporary dog with a noble purpose! Our first dog, Arbor, graduated and was partnered with Jon, a college student. Were now on our seventh (!) puppy. Its like eating a potato chip you just cant stop at one.

What was your motivation behind this project? My relatives on my mother's side are Old Order German Baptist Brethren, also known as Dunkards. (Note to readers: NOT Drunkards. Dunkards!) That's where my interest in Anabaptist traditions began. My grandfather was born into a family of 13 children, started his career as a teacher in a one-room school house in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and ended it as one of the very first publishers of "Christianity Today." We called him "Deardad" even though he was a very stern fellow. Still, Deardad's life inspired me to write this book.

What do you hope folks will gain from this project? "Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World" is a collection of true stories and examples of Old Order Amish families. Divided into five sections, it is meant to shed light on how the Amish are able to maintain their simple living and abiding peace to help us bring those qualities into our homes--to incorporate those principles--without goin Amish.

How were you personally impacted by working on this project? I am still being impacted by "Amish Peace!" Every single day. The concepts of forgiving readily, cherishing family and friends, being content with less, valuing what's really important, yielding to God's sovereignty...they just stick with me. They are profound lessons.

Anything else you'd like readers / listeners to know: With every book I write, I hope to draw the reader closer to God. I dont ever want to hit anyone on the back of a head with a 2x4 (metaphorically speaking, of course) but I hope a reader finishes a book wanting to know more about this almighty God of ours.